Monday, 15 June 2009

Happy Anniversary Mum and Dad...GOTCHA!!

I bet you've been wondering where I've been, I seldom leave almost a full week between blog posts, but last week was different.

Me and my brother have been busy organising a surprise 50th Wedding Anniversary party for my parents, it was all hush, hush and top secret and as preparations came to a climax it was imperative that I did not give the game away. And if you know me (and some of you do, only too well by now...lol) I had to stay away from my beloved blog so I didn't mention any snippet of what the coming weekend had in store.

Well guess what....we did it!!

The lovely pair that are my Mum and Dad didn't have a clue.

Reserved my Mum......don't believe it for a minute!!

Graham (my brother) drove them in the opposite direction to the restaurant to cleverly throw them off the scent of the venue, Me and Lovely Hubby decorated the restaurant with balloons and photos, and the restaurant staff pulled out all the stops with a fantastic buffet and bottle of yummy fizz to toast the happy couple.

Friends and family, who had all kept the secret SO well, partied and caught up on news, everyone was brilliant, the atmosphere fantastic and (hopefully) a lovely day was had by all.

Reminiescient of 13th June 1959, my parents cut the cake.

And then tired but happy we went back to their house for coffee and the opening of their cards and golden envelopes. Their only task now.....to chose themselves a lovely gift with the generous amount of money given by all their friends and family.

This is my Blog, just me writing about our day to day life on a hillside in North Wales. Along with our dogs, Suky and Mavis, our cat Ginger .... who secretly thinks he's one of the canine gang ... and a roving band of egg laying chickens that live cheek by jowl with the local wildlife.

We grow our own fruit and vegetables, selling surplus plants and edibles at the gate. We sell the eggs the chickens lay, we reuse, recycle and rethink ... and life ticks over at a pace that suits us.

It is simply the wild and wacky ramblings of a 50 something townie turned country girl called Sue, who lost her heart to a sailor and started a new life in the country .... over nine years ago. On a path that took us from Cumbria to Oxfordshire, to Berkshire and then we found our home at the bottom of a wet and windy Welsh hillside by a busy main road.

Pull up a chair, grab a coffee and relax into a world of dogs, cats, chickens, the occasional grass munching sheep ... and some pretty delicious vegan foods ... oh did I mention that I don't actually eat the eggs!!

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